Raffaela Kenny-Cincotta on November 15, 2019
In February 2019, Twin Peaks traveled to Wales to record their fourth LP, Lookout Low, with famed producer Ethan Johns. And while they were excited to be living and recording at the remote Monnow Valley Studios, they had no clue that the facility had a haunting, almost supernatural energy. “The story is that Ozzy Osbourne […]
Dean Budnick on November 11, 2019
Photograph by © Amalie R. Rothschild What was so appealing to us is that this is a somewhat untold chapter in the history of rock-and-roll,” director Molly Bernstein says of her new documentary, The Show’s the Thing: The Legendary Promoters of Rock. The film tracks the story of legendary booking agent Frank Barsalona, who helped […]
Dean Budnick on November 6, 2019
“The original was to do Speechless Two,” Bruce Cockburn explains, while describing the origins of his new record, Crowing Ignites. On 2005’s Speechless, he recorded some of his prior instrumental compositions, placing a particular focus on his stellar acoustic-guitar work. (Speechless earned him a Canadian Folk Music Award for Best Instrumentalist.) But, while Crowing Ignites […]
